Report: Robbie Lawler-Donald Cerrone “Signed Off” For UFC 205

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It appears we have one of the main card bouts for UFC 205 and the Octagon’s debut in New York, as Anthony Lima of Cleveland 92.3 confirmed with UFC president Dana White tha…

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It appears we have one of the main card bouts for UFC 205 and the Octagon’s debut in New York, as Anthony Lima of Cleveland 92.3 confirmed with UFC president Dana White that Robbie Lawler-Donald Cerrone is a go.

Reports of the welterweight bout have circulated for the past several weeks, with Cerrone hinting that a big-time matchup would be next for him.

The former UFC lightweight title contender is 3-0 at 170 pounds, while Lawler will be fighting for the first time since dropping the welterweight belt to Tyron Woodley.

Other rumored fights for the Madison Square Garden event in November include Chris Weidman-Yoel Romero and Al Iaquinta-Thiago Alves.

Video: TUF 24: Tournament Of Champions (Ep. 2) Preview For Tonight

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With a shot at UFC Flyweight Champion on the line, The Ultimate Fighter 24: Tournament Of Champions returns Wednesday evening, 10pm ET/7pm PT on FOX Sports 1.

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With a shot at UFC Flyweight Champion on the line, The Ultimate Fighter 24: Tournament Of Champions returns Wednesday evening, 10pm ET/7pm PT on FOX Sports 1.

On this week’s show, which is the second episode of the season, we have our first regular episode which will culminate with the latest fight in the season-long tournament that will decide the next challenger to UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson.

The following is the official description for this week’s edition of TUF 24, which features UFC Flyweight contenders and former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo as coaches:

“Cultures in the house clash and worlds collide in the Octagon as the Shooto champ takes on the South African warrior. Don’t miss an all-new The Ultimate Fighter on FS1 at 10pm/7pm ETPT tonight.”

Daniel Cormier Still Believes Jon Jones Is Best Fighter In MMA History

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Despite not feeling the love for him personally, Daniel Cormier still believes there is nobody better when it comes to the fight game than Jon Jones.

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Despite not feeling the love for him personally, Daniel Cormier still believes there is nobody better when it comes to the fight game than Jon Jones.

The reigning UFC light heavyweight champion held a “Q&A” session recently and Champions.co put together the best of the best.

When asked about who the greatest fighter to step foot in the Octagon is, Cormier replied “Jones is undefeated, what he has done in the octagon can’t be argued against, so I’d say him.”

Jones is the only person to defeat Cormier, but he has struggled to stay active due to run-ins with the law and a recent failed drug test.

Cormier was also brutally honest when it came to saying which was tougher: becoming UFC champion or wrestling in the Olympics?

“Olympics 100%,” he said.

Video: The Evolution of CM Punk “Cult Of Personality” (Episode 4)

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The fourth and final installment of “The Evolution of Punk” has been made available for online viewing.

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The fourth and final installment of “The Evolution of Punk” has been made available for online viewing.

The episode focuses in on CM Punk as he finds out who his opponent will be and sees Mickey Gall in action. The two meet this Saturday night at UFC 203.

More training footage is shown and Punk squares off with Gall inside the Octagon.

Video: UFC 203 Embedded (Ep. 2): Punk’s Ice Bath, Miocic Judges & More

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On Tuesday evening, UFC released the second episode of their fight week series, “UFC Embedded,” which follows the top fighters as they finish their preparation for this Saturday’s big pay-per-view.

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On Tuesday evening, UFC released the second episode of their fight week series, “UFC Embedded,” which follows the top fighters as they finish their preparation for this Saturday’s big pay-per-view.

Featured above is episode two of UFC 203 Embedded. The official description for the episode reads as follows:

“On Episode 2 of UFC 203 Embedded, welterweight CM Punk takes an ice bath in his high-end home facility. Heavyweight Travis Browne trains outdoors, while his opponent Fabricio Werdum works in his gym and visits an old haunt. Divisional champ Stipe Miocic spends his Sunday judging hot rods, and title challenger Alistair Overeem goes for a high-altitude hike in New Mexico. UFC 203 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the world heavyweight championship main event at UFC 203, taking place Saturday, September 10 on Pay-Per-View.”

Punk meets Mickey Gall in his Octagon debut in the third-from-the-top bout scheduled for this Saturday’s UFC 203 PPV at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Join us here at MMANews.com on 9/10 for live coverage of the UFC 203 PPV!

Video: GSP Reveals Never-Before Told Reason Why He Walked Away From UFC

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In the new documentary, “The Hurt Business,” former longtime UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre shed some light on one of the rarely-discussed reasons why he decided to walk away from the sport a few years ago.

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In the new documentary, “The Hurt Business,” former longtime UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre shed some light on one of the rarely-discussed reasons why he decided to walk away from the sport a few years ago.

In the past, GSP, who left the sport while sitting atop the 170-pound mountain as the reigning Welterweight Champion, pointed to the growing performance-enhancing drug (PED) epidemic in MMA and the accumulative pressures that come along with being a longtime champion of the sport.

In the above clip from the aforementioned documentary, St-Pierre reveals that another factor played into his decision — his growing lack of desire to hurt his opponents.

“Critics said I was fighting more to win instead of finishing the fight and it’s true,” St-Pierre said. “Toward the end, I didn’t have the same anger, I didn’t have the same drive to hurt the guy and to finish it. And it’s a fact. I tried to get it back, but it is very hard and I think the best way to get it back for me is step out, because it’s more an emotion thing.”

GSP continued, “I was fighting more for winning instead of for going through the guy. I needed to step out to let my hunger go up.”

St-Pierre has apparently gotten that hunger up, as he has been talking quite a bit in recent weeks/months about a return to the Octagon, pending his ability to reach a deal with UFC management.

H/T to MMAFighting.com for transcribing the above GSP quote.